I see we have been told that we should be mindful of the feelings of her family. But it seems that despite the fact that she was extremely frail and living in the Ritz, her son and daughter didn't bother to come back to Britain, from which it seems they both managed to escape...

The folly of course is the Tories and their press. If they had said quietly that Mrs Thatcher was dead and the funeral would be a small family affair then none of this would have been likely.

No no, Cameron has to blow it up and the Queen has been stupid enough to say she will attend. The woman is getting a better funeral that Daina or the Queen Mum.